Tuesday, December 31, 2013

What's the right pace for reading Illuminatus?

It's time to talk about a schedule for the group reading of Illuminatus!, which several of you said you'd be interested in participating in.

What would you think about a reading pace of 20 pages a week? The schedule was about 30 pages a week for Masks of the Illuminati. I'd almost like to take a slower pace for Illuminatus! I could make a case for 10 pages a week, but at 805 pages in the omnibus edition, it would take a long time to finish. At 20 pages a week, we'd be committed to a 40-week group read, about four-fifths of a year. Too long? Or about right for such a key work? And how about a start date of late February?

And is everyone comfortable with the procedure used in the other group reads, that I'd post something and then everyone can weigh in with the comments? I'm open to something else if anyone had any suggestions.

Having nearly finished Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead (starting last year I've been trying to read the works which influenced Illuminatus!) I've got about a page or so of parallels between the two works which I haven't seen posted anywhere else online. When I complete the book, would anybody be interested to read the parallels, at the expense of a few minute spoilers? (Also, when I read Illuminatus! again I'm sure I'll find more connections that I missed the first time, so the list will eventually be updated.)

I found the 20 page pace last time a bit tough at times. Depending on how my week went I'd find myself "cramming" at the weekend. I'm liking the ~10 page pace, who cares if we go over the year mark. Some segments might easily lend themselves to bleeding closer to 20 (cough. 23), of course.

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A daily posting from Tom Jackson about my favorite writer, Robert Anton Wilson. I also seek material by or about Robert Shea, Mr. Wilson's collaborator in writing "Illuminatus!" If you have tips, you may write me at tom.jackson@gmail.com. Please put "Robert Anton Wilson" in the subject line.